Hd Smith Co News Today

The $1.6 million price tag land purchase also includes a building that will bring administrative offices under one roof

The District 186 school board will consider a contract to purchase a 41-acre site that was the former headquarters of H.D. Smith.

The Springfield School District 186 board of education holds its second of three public meetings Wednesday on a proposal to build a new school building.

The first of three public hearings considering consolidation and new construction will be held at Hazel Dell Elementary School Tuesday evening.

The board of education capped a long and sometimes emotional debate over metal detectors by unanimously approving implementation in its high schools.

Springfield School District 186 is now considering Southern View Elementary as part of the construction of a new south side school.

Part of plans to combine Laketown and Hazel Dell elementary schools. Two elementary schools in Springfield are to be replaced by a new school, according to plans obtained by Illinois Times. The new school would mean the shuttering of Hazel Dell and Laketown K-5 schools. Hazel Dell, at 850 W. Lake Shore Dr., was built in 1948, according to the October 2020 document. Laketown, at 1825 Lee St., was built in 1957. Both have about 165 students. Th...